Montgomery County Teacher Arrested in Connection with Fentanyl-Related Death

 

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Gaithersburg, MD - On Monday, August 19, 2024, the Montgomery County Department of Police and Special Agents from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) executed a search and seizure warrant at the Burtonsville home of Sarah Katherine Magid, a Montgomery County Public Schools first-grade teacher.

Magid was taken into custody without incident, on the strength of an arrest warrant for violations of Maryland’s controlled dangerous substance statutes.

The investigation leading to Magid’s arrest stems from a March 2024 death of an adult male in Washington, D.C. An autopsy later revealed that the cause of death was fentanyl toxicity.

After the victim’s death, detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police, Special Investigations Division, in collaboration with DEA Special Agents, uncovered information that the victim had been in Montgomery County in the days leading up to their death. During the investigation, it was discovered that a person named "Sarah" had been in contact with the victim. Further investigation identified "Sarah" as Sarah Magid.

Based on the evidence, detectives obtained a search and seizure warrant for Magid's home, as well as an arrest warrant. Magid was transported to the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit, where she awaits a bond hearing.

This case is part of a joint investigation between the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and the Montgomery County Department of Police.

 

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UPDATE: Second MCPS employee arrested during drug bust at Mason Inn bar in Glover Park.

UPDATE: Second MCPS employee arrested during drug bust at Mason Inn bar in Glover Park.

Scott Price is a digital arts teacher at Kingsview Middle School in Germantown + a tech teacher at Wheaton High School.

Sherwood HS counselor Erin McKenna was also arrested during the sting. pic.twitter.com/zOvhuELyKt

— Kevin Lewis (@ABC7Kevin) February 15, 2018

Breaking: Second MCPS Teacher Arrested in DC - Middle School Teacher Arrested for Selling Pot in DC Nightclub

A teacher at Kingsview Middle School was one of two Montgomery County Public Schools employees picked up in a raid on so-called underground “pot parties”  by District of Columbia Police on February 1.

   Metro Police charged Scott Price, a digital art teacher who works at both Kingsview Middle School in Germantown and Wheaton High School, and Erin McKenna who is a high school guidance counselor at Sherwood High School with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.

   A letter was sent home to Kingsview Middle School parents today, Feb. 15 from Principal Dyan L. Harrison stating, Price had been arrested in DC on misdemeanor drug charges and that school was only just made aware of the charges on Wednesday, February 14.

   The story of McKenna’s arrest, which was first reported by WJLA on Wednesday, also mentioned that Price and another individual, Joshua Myers, were also arrested by DC police in the same incident.

   According to charging documents, Price, McKenna, and Myers were selling the drugs at a vendor table set up at a D.C. nightclub called The Mason Inn located at 2408 Wisconsin Avenue Northwest. On February 1, police raided at 6:45 pm to find Price and company in possession of 102 assorted marijuana edibles, five capsules containing a brown liquid, nine bags of marijuana, and two glass jars full of pot...

https://www.germantownpulse.net/single-post/2018/02/15/Middle-School-Teacher-Arrested-for-Selling-Pot-in-DC-Nighclub

NEW: Sherwood High School counselor Erin McKenna charged with intent to deal drugs at NW DC sports bar...MCPS says McKenna remains on staff at Sandy Spring school. @ABC7Kevin

NEW: Sherwood High School counselor Erin McKenna charged with intent to deal drugs at NW DC sports bar.

McKenna allegedly had 102 assorted edibles, five "brown liquid" capsules, two jars of marijuana + nine bags of pot.

MCPS says McKenna remains on staff at Sandy Spring school. pic.twitter.com/VIvHqFz9Jx

— Kevin Lewis (@ABC7Kevin) February 14, 2018

#Breaking Montgomery County guidance counselor charged with possession with intent to distribute. Erin McKenna was arrested on 2/1. She works at Sherwood High School. @ABC7Annalysa

#Breaking Montgomery County guidance counselor charged with possession with intent to distribute. Erin McKenna was arrested on 2/1. She works at Sherwood High School.

Police say she was in possession of 102 assorted edibles, 9 bags of marijuana and more. pic.twitter.com/8shFPSUnxm

— Anna-Lysa Gayle (@ABC7Annalysa) February 14, 2018

MCPS teacher suspended from work at the Blair G. Ewing Center, in Silver Spring, a school with programs for students with academic and behavioral problems.

A Maryland public school teacher faces robbery charges after police say she chatted up two men at a bar, learned they were in the jewelry business and lured them into a parking garage where minutes later a masked gunman appeared.

“Give me the watches,” he said, making off with time pieces valued at $6,000 and $8,450, according to court records filed Tuesday.

The events, as described in the court records, unfolded in and around the Old Town Pour House in Gaithersburg in the early morning July 15. The teacher, Lakeisha Burrison, 33, was arrested this week and remains jailed on no bond status.

She has been suspended from work at the Blair G. Ewing Center, in Silver Spring, a school with programs for students with academic and behavioral problems. Burrison had been a teacher and recently held the title of a community and career liaison, according to Derek Turner, a spokesman for the Montgomery County Public School System. She joined the system in November 2014, Turner said...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/court-documents-teacher-befriended-bar-patrons-lured-them-to-armed-robbery/2017/08/02/6c891378-7773-11e7-9eac-d56bd5568db8_story.html?utm_term=.67c765f8ce3f#comments

ABC7: MCPS special education teacher’s aide arrested on felony drug charges

...During a phone interview, MCPS spokesman Dana Tofig stated administrators would have briefed parents, had Johnson been caught with illegal drugs on school property. However, because she was arrested off the clock and off campus, Tofig considered the incident to be a non-school matter...

 

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2010: Montgomery County special education teacher charged with drug possession

Montgomery County special education teacher charged with drug possession

By Dan Morse

Washington Post Staff Writer 

Thursday, December 30, 2010; 10:44 PM 

A Montgomery County elementary school teacher was charged with possession of heroin after a traffic stop this week in Silver Spring, county officials said Thursday. 

Rebecca L. Amick, 25, who teaches special education at Woodlin Elementary School, has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the case, said Lesli Maxwell, a spokeswoman for Montgomery public schools. Amick has been released from custody, according to court records. 

Amick could not be reached for comment. It is unclear whether she has retained a lawyer. 

According to police accounts, Amick was one of three people in a 2002 Mercury Marquis traveling north on Georgia Avenue on Tuesday evening. A member of the Montgomery Police Community Action Team paced the Marquis going 40 mph in a 30 mph zone and pulled it over, said Lucille Baur, a police spokeswoman. The occupants gave the officer permission to search the car and to search them, Baur said. 

Amick had been sitting in a rear seat. Police found nine small plastic bags on her person, Baur said. Police said that an officer on the scene trained to recognize specific drugs determined their contents to be heroin but that the substance has yet to be tested in a forensics lab. 

Officers said they found four similar baggies, believed to hold heroin, as well as two used syringes and a spoon on another passenger, identified in court records as Faisal Abdullah, 25. Abdullah was released from custody, according to court records. He also could not be reached for comment. 

The driver was cited for speeding but was not charged in connection with drug offenses, Baur said. 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/30/AR2010123004479.html